Saint Francis and the Sultan

Auteur: Tolan, John V. (Professor of History, University of Nantes)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
In September, 1219, Francis of Assisi went to Egpyt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. John Tolan examines the varying depictions of this brief but highly significant meeting and how they reveal the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since.
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In September, 1219, Francis of Assisi went to Egpyt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. John Tolan examines the varying depictions of this brief but highly significant meeting and how they reveal the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since.
ISBN / EAN 9780199239726
Auteur Tolan, John V. (Professor of History, University of Nantes)
Editeur Oxford University Press